A few short weeks ago Laruen and Derrick tied the knot at Alexander Homestead in Charlotte, North Carolina. This wedding was full of fun, love, and cute little details. Take a look at some of the awesome photos from the day.
Carrigan Farms Wedding - Mr & Mrs Robinson
I had the pleasure of shooting a super fun wedding with tons of unique DIY details at Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, NC. The bride and groom were so laid back and such fun to work for!
This wedding was really unique in that the bride's father was the officiant. So in a change from tradition, her two brothers walked her down the aisle towards both her groom and her father. I loved it!
The bride's father joked about how he got to know the groom through his Facebook posts and photos before meeting him in person.
The personal blessing of her father was very touching.
After the great ceremony, the sun was just low enough to allow me to capture some amazing shots of the new Mr. & Mrs.
So in <3
The bride was just stunning.
This is definitely my favorite image from this wedding and one of my favorites ever!
The small details really made this wedding. The venue was gorgeous. The food was awesome. The couple was amazing. Great wedding! Until next time....
<3 Amanda
Hot Topic Tuesday I Copyright
The discussion of copyright versus printing rights is difficult for many clients to understand, yet comes from a place of passion for photographers. I hope this blog can clear up a few questions of exactly what copyright is in reference to photographs and why it is so important to photographers.
What is digital copyright? Merriam-Webster defines copyright as the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, and sell digital content. Only the photographer that takes the photograph retains the digital copyright to the images.
Why is it important to photographers? It is very expensive and time consuming to purchase equipment, capture images and process all of our digital files. If copyright didn't exist to protect the images that we produce, clients could take our images without compensating us. Therefore, professional photographers would cease to exist.
What is the difference between printing rights and joint copyright? Most clients just need printing rights which is the ability to take the digital files and have them printed at your vendor of choice. (Although we prefer that you print anything larger than gift prints through us so we can maintain boutique quality images). Clients are also allowed to post images onto their personal social media pages, tagging Head Over Heels Photography's page for credit. On the other hand, joint copyright only exists in very particular situations where a photographer works closely with an assistant or designer. The Copyright Act of 1976 states that a joint work is "a work prepared by two or more authors with the intention that their contributions be merged into separable or inter-dependent parts of a unitary whole." Meaning, clients will never own a joint or shared copyright to their images.
What does all this really mean? At Head Over Heels Wedding Photography we LOVE what we do, a lot! & we want to continue to do it, forever!! So in order to continue to profit as a small business, clients must purchase the printing rights to their images before they are able to post online or print. Images, usually in the form a sneak peek, may be posted by the studio and can be tagged by the clients. These images cannot be saved and uploaded to the clients page, cropping out the studio watermark or without crediting the studio.
Happy Anniversary Lauran and Daniel | North Carolina Wedding Photography
Last year I had the opportunity to capture the wedding of Lauren and Daniel. These two were a wonderful couple, and they recently celebrated their 1 year Anniversary. Here are a few of my favorite moments from the day. I love outdoor weddings, and love twinkle lights even more...this event had both. Take a stroll down memory lane!
Hot Topic Tuesday | 7 Reasons You Need a Second Shooter on Your Wedding Day
Hi - Janel here! This is our first weekly "Hot Topic Tuesday" blog post. I am super excited to be able to share ideas/topics with you on a weekly basis, that help with your weddings and help you understand why we do what we do! This week I want to talk about 7 reasons you NEED a second photographer at your event. When sitting down and deciding what to offer the brides of Head Over Heels Wedding Photography we said "What packages should have two shooters?" And you know what we came up with? All. All of HOH weddings will have two photographers. All 4 of us over here at HOH have shot weddings solo. Can we do it? Sure. Will we? Nope. Here is why:
7. Angles of Action. What does that mean? Here is an example of a moment that two photographers make a huge difference in the final story/product. The bouquet toss is always fast, dark, and full of energy. As a Lead shooter, I always set up to grab the photo of the bride tossing her flowers, while this is very important, what I miss making that choice is the ladies that catch the bouquet. The second photographer is all set and ready to snap the image at the perfect moment of the catch, completing my awesome image of the toss.
6. Formals. Formals take the longest chunk of time after the ceremony and before the reception. These portraits are often necessary, but also take away time for your private couples portrait session. Having two photographers coordinating and setting up formals makes for a flawless, and fast process, what that means for you is more creative private photos of the two of you.
5. Malfunction and insurance. There have been times that I am about to take shot, and something goes wrong. Sometimes the flash malfunctions, sometimes the battery unexpectedly dies, sometimes I just need a second to figure out what is going wrong. At these moments, as a Lead, I am able to turn to my second and say "Hey...something is wrong grab this shot", take a second, fix my settings, change a battery, and jump right back in the game. I love having a second I can rely on, and I love being able to tell my brides that in the event of something goofy happening, we have it covered, and you will get your shot.
4. Candids. While I am setting up portraits, and posing the day away when you have two photographers, you get some really awesome candids in your storyboard. These shots often capture raw and real emotion the way that my posed shots can not. I love being able to compose a complete story full of candids that have that much emotion and raw experience in them.
3. Art. Similar to the candids that you get, you also get lots of artistic beautiful photographs having two people at your day. Often times these are my favorite images of the entire event, and many are not mine, the creativity the second shooter gets to display in the final product often provides the images that you want on your wall as canvases.
2. Complete story. You know what the most fun thing for the couple is? I think it is being able to tell and show a complete story, often of things you missed or couldn't be a part of. For example, while the bride and bridal party gets ready, the groom and groomsmen also get ready. Having two photographers allows both groom and bride to see the other 1/2 of the day in the album. And that is really really cool. (Like, when the note you wrote each other makes you both cry? We are there for that photo, and you get to see it after. How. Cool.)
1. Quality. The quality difference in the final product when having two photographers there for a whole event is enough that Head Over Heels will always send along two photographers. More images, more art, more creativity, more insurance, and overall a better experience and final product. It is super important to us. And hopefully now you see that too!
We can't wait to be a part of your big day.